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Students discuss sequester Conference SGA leaders meet with legislators KAITLYN UNDERWOOD Campus reporter
As federal budget cuts threaten areas of higher education after the recent sequestration, members of OU’s student government traveled to Washington, D.C. to put faces to the issue. Members from each branch of OU’s Student
Government Association and student leaders from other Big 12 schools attended the annual Big 12 On the Hill in D.C March 4 through 6. OU student leaders met various representatives from across the country, including Oklahoma representatives Tom Cole (R-Moore) and James Lankford (R-Oklahoma City), to look into the implications of the sequestration among other
things in open conversations about education issues. OU delegates focused on the recent sequestration to ensure Pell grants are maintained, said Tonya Kiper, Undergraduate Student Congress vice-chairwoman. SGA members were told Pell grants will be secure for another year, and they discovered many representatives also have concerns about the sequestration, as it concerns education,
said John Montgomer y, Undergraduate Student Congress secretary. However, while the Pell grants are safe for now, many universities in the Big 12 Conference are research campuses, and the cuts enacted by the sequestration will hurt future research and development, Kiper said. “That’s how we’re going to find the next cure for cancer,”
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Oklahomans gathered to learn about the importance of open government and freedom of information at an annual conference Saturday to kick off Sunshine Week. The public has a right to know what its government is doing, said Joey Senat,media law professor at Oklahoma State University and the master of ceremony for the conference. However, people must understand their rights in order to use them. “The biggest threat to our rights is our own ignorance of those rights, and we have a right if not an obligation to know what our government is doing,” Senat said. Brenda Kielty, Maine’s first public access ombudsman, and Bill Monroe, chair man of the new Iowa Public Information Board, talked
about their roles in making government records and meetings accessible in their states. “Sunshine laws don’t mean anything if they can’t be enforced,” Monroe said. Open access to records and meetings isn’t just relevant for journalists – freedom of information affects the entire public, Kielty said. “The whole idea behind public access laws is that people should be able to understand how their government is functioning, and ultimately the government should function always with the idea in mind that it’s the people’s business,” Kielty said. Dan Krassner of Integrity Florida and Scott Sternberg, an attorney from Louisiana, talked about different ways people in their states are working to achieve better public access to their governors’ emails and other correspondence. State Rep. Jason Murphey see SUNSHINE paGe 2
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Models for the columbian fashion show walked out on stage in catlett Music center on Saturday.
Colombian fashion showcased Students celebrate culture with night of festivities MATT RAVIS
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O U ’s C o l o m b i a n S t u d e n t Association organized its first ever fashion show to highlight the country’s forward-looking culture at Colombia Night on Saturday. The show featured Colombian dress with many bright and eye-catching reds, blues and yellows and
was directed by Carolina Gonzalez, Colombian Student Association secretary. The models showcased the collections of Yoana Walschap, the association’s advisor, Scott Van Eck, a well-known body painter, and Nicole Moan, who makes wearable art corsets made out of ceramics. Several of the models also donned either red, blue or purple paint that spanned much of their body. “My favorite thing about Colombian culture is that it is forward-looking,” said Erika Ramelli, master of
ceremonies for the event. She sees this evident in the fashion of the country, as many popular brands of clothing are produced in Colombia. Colombia Night began with a dinner of traditional Latin American food, including arroz con pollo, a chicken and rice dish. After the dinner, Colombian Night guests made their way to Catlett Hall for the night’s entertainment. Members of the association
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Many people around the world build houses made from earthen materials found near where they live, but while these materials are more sustainable they could cause problems for residents. C ha r l e s G ra ha m, d e a n o f t h e College of Architecture, addressed this issue in a lecture Friday as part of a symposium put on by OU’s Center for Middle Eastern Architecture and Culture. The symposium was held to present and discuss different aspects of architecture in the Middle East. Because of the Middle East’s hot and arid climate, it is necessary to build with materials that will stay relatively cool, Graham said. Even though it is a “reasonably sustainable” way to construct a house, it is not usually the cheapest way, Graham said. He also spoke of a case study he participated in that took place in Baja California Sur, in the village of Loreto,
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where he worked with locals to build sustainable, earthen housing for tourists and workers. With conventional building materials, the inside of the houses became much too hot at night, resulting in higher spousal and child abuse as well as a higher divorce rate, Graham said. In contrast to strategies for building
houses, another speaker at the symposium talked about a 131,000 square meter shopping mall his firm built in Kuwait. Jeffrey Gunning of the Dallas-based RTKL design and architecture firm talked about a souk, or Middle Eastern
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Today around campus OU’s Teach-In on the Great Depression and World War II will take place from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today in Catlett Music Center’s Sharpe Hall. The event will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning historians and authors David McCullough and David Kennedy as well as four additional leading historians who will share their perspectives on this era in American history.
Tuesday, March 12 A panel discussion about the use of various art forms as activism will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hester Hall 170. The panel will include journalism professor Ralph Beliveau, film and media studies professor Andy Horton and Suzette Grillot, dean of the College of International Studies. A University Singers concert will take place at 8 p.m. in the Catlett Music Center Gothic Hall as part of the School of Music’s Sutton Concert Series. The program will include Durufle’s “Quatre Motets,” Tavener’s “Song for Athen,” and a special arrangement of U2’s “M.L.K.” It will also feature Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Five Mystical Songs” for baritone and choir, featuring Leslie Flanagan, baritone. Tickets are $9 for adults and $5 with student discounts. A men’s tennis game against Florida State will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Headington Family Tennis Center. A men’s baseball game against New Mexico State will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the L. Dale Mitchell Park. Do you want to see your organization’s campus event here? Visit OUDaily.com/events/submit to add your entry.
Kiper said. The sequestration will affect OU by reducing funding for research by $5.5 million to $10 million with the start of the 2014 fiscal year after June 30, according to Daily archives. While the representatives could not promise immediate solutions to sequestration, the students’ presence put a face to the issue. The OU delegation found a lot of common ground with the representatives, Montgomery said. After meeting with representatives, SGA members realized education is highly valued on Capitol Hill. “ It wa s d e f i n i t e l y re freshing to know that, even through the spread of ideologies, they really do put education near the top,” Montgomery said. SGA members were pleased to learn lawmakers understand the importance of educating future generations, Kiper said. “They know that’s what makes your butter later on,” Montgomery said.
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Both Kiper and Montgomery agreed that the importance of Big 12 On the Hill is to allow student leaders to have an open dialogue with the nation’s lawmakers. As representatives of an entire generation of voters, SGA members were able to give the “personal touch” on issues important to students, Kiper said. “The decisions you make now are impacting us now,
and they’re going to continue to impact us,” Kiper said of her conversations with representatives. A l l t h e s c h o o l s f ro m the Big 12 except Kansas State and Texas Tech were represented at the event, Montgomery said. “Even though we’re from different places doing different things, and even though we have football rivalries, we want to come together on
this because it’s important to us,” Kiper said OU student government members also balanced sightseeing with lobbying while they were in D.C. They found time in their busy schedules to visit landmarks and were blown away by the vibrancy and the collection of culture of the nation’s capital, Kiper said.
lecture: Climate makes indoor spaces key Continued from page 1 shopping center, that his firm designed and built in Kuwait City called the 360 mall. In the Middle East, and Dubai specifically, the focus is on “bigger and better,” Gunning said. The Middle East has the “most innovative shopping centers of today.”
The goal of the design was to create a modern interpretation of traditional Middle Eastern form, color and pattern, Gunning said. Since zoning laws in the area didn’t allow for a conventional mall layout, a circular concourse was created, thus the reason for the 360 mall name, Gunning said. T h e 3 6 0 ma l l p ro j e c t combines retail and offices,
Gunning said. It also has an onsite mosque and an indoor theme park. Souks are important to those in the Middle East because of the hot and dry climate, Gunning said. Typical Middle Eastern families sometimes spend all day in souks because of the heat, so it is important to provide visitors with many different activities. The symposium featured
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Culture: Colombian students, alumni announce scholarship winners Continued from page 1 showcased the Modern Cumbia, a “seductive coastal dance” that heavily features drum music, Ramelli said. The dance featured four male and four female association members in traditional Colombian dress, ending with a long kiss shared between partners. The Colombian Student Association and OU’s Colombian Alumni Association announced their scholarship winners. The alumni association has helped many student association members in the past, giving a total of $70,000 to students so far, with an average of $1,000 going to each student, said Juan Carlos Maldonado, at the event. Juan Sebastian Galindo, president of the student association and petroleum engineering senior, also announced the starting of an endowment fund for both the Colombian Student Association and the Colombian Alumni Association. Galindo said he will match any donation up to $10,000 for the next two years. OU’s Colombian Student Association organized the night, for which about 600 tickets were sold, Walschap said. Cole Campbell and Jose Polanco, sophomores from Oklahoma State University and Spanish and sports media majors respectively, made the trip from Stillwater to attend Colombian Night. “I’m Argentinian, and Cole is working on speaking Spanish, so we thought it sounded like a good time,” Polanco said. Both Campbell and Polanco are part of the Latin American Student Association at OSU. Stephen Lindstrom, OU Spanish sophomore, had similar reasons for attending. Lindstrom said he decided to go the event because his Spanish professor is Colombian, and he is interested in the Models for the Columbian fashion show walked out on stage in Catlett Music Center on Saturday. country’s culture and food.
sunshine: Speakers promote transparency Continued from page 1
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and Sen. David Holt were also What is at the conSunshine Week? ference to give A national initiative to promote the public’s updates right to know what on their efits government is forts to doing and why people promote should care. transparency in legislation. Finally David Fritze o f O k l a h o ma Illustration by Austin McCroskie Watch, Christopher Krug of Monitor Oklahoma and Paul Monies of The Oklahoman talked about how portable scanners and other inexpensive technologies can help open up information and cut down cost. The conference was held in from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium. Haley Davis Haley.G.Davis-1@ou.edu
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Studies tie stress from storms, war to unhealthy heart New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD, New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that country’s financial turmoil. Disasters and prolonged stress can raise “fight or flight” hormones that affect blood pressure, blood sugar and other things in ways that make heart trouble more likely, doctors say. They also provoke anger and helplessness and spur heart-harming behaviors like eating or drinking too much. “We’re starting to connect emotions with cardiovascular risk markers” and the new research adds evidence of a link, said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center and an American Heart Association spokeswoman. She had no role in the studies, which were discussed Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. The largest, involving 207,954 veterans in California and Nevada ages 46 to 74, compared those with PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, to those without it. They were free of major heart disease and diabetes when researchers checked their Veterans Administration medical records from 2009 and 2010. Checked again about two years later, 35 percent of those with PTSD but only 19 percent of those without it had developed insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes and hardening of the arteries. Doctors also saw higher rates of metabolic syndrome — a collection of heart disease risk factors that include high body fat, cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels. About 53 percent of veterans with PTSD but only 37 percent of those without it had several of these symptoms. The numbers are estimates and are not as important as the trend — more heart risk with more stress, said one study leader, Dr. Ramin Ebrahimi, a cardiologist at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center and a professor at UCLA. It shows that PTSD can cause physical symptoms, not just the mental ones commonly associated with it.
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Muslim men ride on bicycles on a street in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday,. The United Kingdom’s military says its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria’s capital city were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali, not to rescue kidnapped foreign hostages.
Worst kidnapping violence in decades by guerilla attacks KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government’s silence only led to more questions about the nation’s continued inability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations. The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy. Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a previously little-known splinter group of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Greece also confirmed one of its citizens was killed, while Lebanese authorities didn’t immediately comment. “It’s an atrocious act of terrorism, against which the Italian government expresses its firmest condemnation, and which has no explanation,” a statement from Italy’s foreign ministry read. Italy also denied a claim by Ansaru that the hostages were killed before or during a military operation by Nigerian and British forces, saying there was “no military intervention aimed at freeing the hostages.” Italian Premier Mario Monti identified the slain Italian hostage as Silvano Trevisan and promised Rome would use “every effort” to stop the killers.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague kilometers) southwest. called the killings “an act of cold-bloodThe U.K. Defense Ministry said ed murder” and identified the U.K. vic- Sunday the planes it flew to Abuja fertim as Brendan Vaughan. ried Nigerian troops and equipment to A statement from Greece’s foreign Bamako, Mali. Nigerian soldiers have ministry said authorities had already been sent to Mali to help French forcinformed the hostage’s family. “We note es and Malian troops battle Islamic exthat the terrorists never communicated tremists there. The British military said or formulated demands to release the it also transported Ghanaian soldiers to hostages,” the statement read, which Mali the same way. also denied any military raid took place. The ministry declined to comment Ansaru issued a short statement further. Ansaru had said it believed Saturday saying its fighters kidnapped the planes were part of a Nigerian and the foreigners from the construction British rescue mission for the abducted company’s camp at Jama’are, a town 200 hostages. kilometers (125 miles) north of Bauchi, The U.K. has offered military supthe capital of Bauchi state. In the attack, port in the past in Nigeria to free hosgunmen first assaulttages. In March 2012, its “It’s an atrocious special forces backed a ed a local prison and burned police trucks, failed Nigerian military act of terrorism, authorities said. Then raid to free Christopher against which the McManus, who had the attackers blew up a back fence at the con- Italian government been abducted months struction company’s expresses its firmest eF ar ar lni ce or wL ai tmh oItl ianl ai arna compound and took condemnation, over, killing a guard in from a home in Kebbi the process, witnesses and which has no state. Both hostages and police said. were killed in that rescue explanation” Local officials in attempt. Nigeria initially identi“I am grateful to the italian foreign ministry fied one of the hostagNigerian government es as a Filipino, somefor their unstinting help thing the Philippines government later and cooperation,” Hague said in a statedenied. ment, without addressing the claim that The gunmen appeared to be orga- the U.K. had launched a rescue effort. nized and knew who they wanted to In its statement Saturday, Ansaru target, leaving the Nigerian household also blamed the killings on a pledge by staff at the residence unharmed, while Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan quickly abducting the foreigners, a wit- to do “everything possible” to free the ness said. hostages. Presidential spokesman In an online statement Saturday Reuben Abati didn’t respond to reclaiming the killings, Ansaru said it quests for comment Sunday. killed the hostages in part because of While Nigerian authorities have yet local Nigerian journalists reporting on to comment publicly about Ansaru’s the arrival of British military aircraft to claim, it comes as the nation’s security Bauchi. However, Ansaru’s statement forces remain unable to stop the guercited local news articles that instead rilla campaign of bombings, shootings said the airplanes were spotted at the and kidnappings across the country’s international airport in Abuja, the na- north. tion’s central capital 180 miles (290
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Culture: Colombian students, alumni announce scholarship winners Continued from page 1 showcased the Modern Cumbia, a “seductive coastal dance” that heavily features drum music, Ramelli said. The dance featured four male and four female association members in traditional Colombian dress, ending with a long kiss shared between partners. The Colombian Student Association and OU’s Colombian Alumni Association announced their scholarship winners. The alumni association has helped many student association members in the past, giving a total of $70,000 to students so far, with an average of $1,000 going to each student, said Juan Carlos Maldonado, at the event. Juan Sebastian Galindo, president of the student association and petroleum engineering senior, also announced the starting of an endowment fund for both the Colombian Student Association and the Colombian Alumni Association. Galindo said he will match any donation up to $10,000 for the next two years. OU’s Colombian Student Association organized the night, for which about 600 tickets were sold, Walschap said. Cole Campbell and Jose Polanco, sophomores from Oklahoma State University and Spanish and sports media majors respectively, made the trip from Stillwater to attend Colombian Night. “I’m Argentinian, and Cole is working on speaking Spanish, so we thought it sounded like a good time,” Polanco said. Both Campbell and Polanco are part of the Latin American Student Association at OSU. Stephen Lindstrom, OU Spanish sophomore, had similar reasons for attending. Lindstrom said he decided to go the event because his Spanish professor is Colombian, and he is interested in the Models for the Columbian fashion show walked out on stage in Catlett Music Center on Saturday. country’s culture and food.
sunshine: Speakers promote transparency Continued from page 1
Heather Brown/The Daily
world
Seven hostages killed in Nigeria
and Sen. David Holt were also What is at the conSunshine Week? ference to give A national initiative to promote the public’s updates right to know what on their efits government is forts to doing and why people promote should care. transparency in legislation. Finally David Fritze o f O k l a h o ma Illustration by Austin McCroskie Watch, Christopher Krug of Monitor Oklahoma and Paul Monies of The Oklahoman talked about how portable scanners and other inexpensive technologies can help open up information and cut down cost. The conference was held in from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in Gaylord Hall’s Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Auditorium. Haley Davis Haley.G.Davis-1@ou.edu
health
Studies tie stress from storms, war to unhealthy heart New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD, New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and Greeks struggling through that country’s financial turmoil. Disasters and prolonged stress can raise “fight or flight” hormones that affect blood pressure, blood sugar and other things in ways that make heart trouble more likely, doctors say. They also provoke anger and helplessness and spur heart-harming behaviors like eating or drinking too much. “We’re starting to connect emotions with cardiovascular risk markers” and the new research adds evidence of a link, said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center and an American Heart Association spokeswoman. She had no role in the studies, which were discussed Sunday at an American College of Cardiology conference in San Francisco. The largest, involving 207,954 veterans in California and Nevada ages 46 to 74, compared those with PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, to those without it. They were free of major heart disease and diabetes when researchers checked their Veterans Administration medical records from 2009 and 2010. Checked again about two years later, 35 percent of those with PTSD but only 19 percent of those without it had developed insulin resistance, which can lead to diabetes and hardening of the arteries. Doctors also saw higher rates of metabolic syndrome — a collection of heart disease risk factors that include high body fat, cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels. About 53 percent of veterans with PTSD but only 37 percent of those without it had several of these symptoms. The numbers are estimates and are not as important as the trend — more heart risk with more stress, said one study leader, Dr. Ramin Ebrahimi, a cardiologist at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center and a professor at UCLA. It shows that PTSD can cause physical symptoms, not just the mental ones commonly associated with it.
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the associated press
Muslim men ride on bicycles on a street in Kano, Nigeria, Sunday,. The United Kingdom’s military says its warplanes recently spotted in Nigeria’s capital city were there to move soldiers to aid the French intervention in Mali, not to rescue kidnapped foreign hostages.
Worst kidnapping violence in decades by guerilla attacks KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks. Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government’s silence only led to more questions about the nation’s continued inability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations. The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy. Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a previously little-known splinter group of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Greece also confirmed one of its citizens was killed, while Lebanese authorities didn’t immediately comment. “It’s an atrocious act of terrorism, against which the Italian government expresses its firmest condemnation, and which has no explanation,” a statement from Italy’s foreign ministry read. Italy also denied a claim by Ansaru that the hostages were killed before or during a military operation by Nigerian and British forces, saying there was “no military intervention aimed at freeing the hostages.” Italian Premier Mario Monti identified the slain Italian hostage as Silvano Trevisan and promised Rome would use “every effort” to stop the killers.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague kilometers) southwest. called the killings “an act of cold-bloodThe U.K. Defense Ministry said ed murder” and identified the U.K. vic- Sunday the planes it flew to Abuja fertim as Brendan Vaughan. ried Nigerian troops and equipment to A statement from Greece’s foreign Bamako, Mali. Nigerian soldiers have ministry said authorities had already been sent to Mali to help French forcinformed the hostage’s family. “We note es and Malian troops battle Islamic exthat the terrorists never communicated tremists there. The British military said or formulated demands to release the it also transported Ghanaian soldiers to hostages,” the statement read, which Mali the same way. also denied any military raid took place. The ministry declined to comment Ansaru issued a short statement further. Ansaru had said it believed Saturday saying its fighters kidnapped the planes were part of a Nigerian and the foreigners from the construction British rescue mission for the abducted company’s camp at Jama’are, a town 200 hostages. kilometers (125 miles) north of Bauchi, The U.K. has offered military supthe capital of Bauchi state. In the attack, port in the past in Nigeria to free hosgunmen first assaulttages. In March 2012, its “It’s an atrocious special forces backed a ed a local prison and burned police trucks, failed Nigerian military act of terrorism, authorities said. Then raid to free Christopher against which the McManus, who had the attackers blew up a back fence at the con- Italian government been abducted months struction company’s expresses its firmest eF ar ar lni ce or wL ai tmh oItl ianl ai arna compound and took condemnation, over, killing a guard in from a home in Kebbi the process, witnesses and which has no state. Both hostages and police said. were killed in that rescue explanation” Local officials in attempt. Nigeria initially identi“I am grateful to the italian foreign ministry fied one of the hostagNigerian government es as a Filipino, somefor their unstinting help thing the Philippines government later and cooperation,” Hague said in a statedenied. ment, without addressing the claim that The gunmen appeared to be orga- the U.K. had launched a rescue effort. nized and knew who they wanted to In its statement Saturday, Ansaru target, leaving the Nigerian household also blamed the killings on a pledge by staff at the residence unharmed, while Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan quickly abducting the foreigners, a wit- to do “everything possible” to free the ness said. hostages. Presidential spokesman In an online statement Saturday Reuben Abati didn’t respond to reclaiming the killings, Ansaru said it quests for comment Sunday. killed the hostages in part because of While Nigerian authorities have yet local Nigerian journalists reporting on to comment publicly about Ansaru’s the arrival of British military aircraft to claim, it comes as the nation’s security Bauchi. However, Ansaru’s statement forces remain unable to stop the guercited local news articles that instead rilla campaign of bombings, shootings said the airplanes were spotted at the and kidnappings across the country’s international airport in Abuja, the na- north. tion’s central capital 180 miles (290
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THUMBS UP: The Colombian Student Association held a successful culture night bringing in about 600 tickets and highlighting the country’s thriving fashion industry. (Page 1)
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Despite controversy, Zakaria Speaker is not up deserves to speak at ceremony to OU’s standards Our view: Don’t miss the commencement speech.
occurred when Zakaria copied exact language in an article written by historian Jill Lepore on gun control. After CNN and TIME investigated, they A high profile, highly influential and controverfound Zakaria’s mistake was unintentional and sial figure is coming to OU to give the commenceonly an isolated incident, according to ment speech this semester. Fareed Zakaria, The Our View the Washington Post. CNN commentator and author was briefly is the majority Zakaria immediately apologized for his suspended by TIME magazine and CNN in opinion of mistake in a statement published by the August 2012 after Zakaria admitted to misThe Daily’s Atlantic Wire. He later said he had mixed takenly plagiarizing parts of a column in nine-member up his hand-written notes, mistaking anThe New Yorker on gun control. Zakaria’s editorial board other person’s words for his own idea. recent controversy has many students askWhat Zakaria did certainly was wrong ing if he was the best choice. Despite the controversy, Zakaria is a great speak- but we understand his explanation. It would be ridiculous for him to intentionally steal another er who will add an interesting perspective to the author’s words for something so trivial. If this is commencement ceremony. the worst thing he has done in dozens of artiLast year, Zakaria gave the commencement adcles and two books, it’s not something students dress at Harvard, the year before he was at Duke. should be concerned about. His speech at OU will be a chance for students, We absolutely value academic integrity, but we faculty and parents to hear an internationally recshould pay attention to those who actually plaognized authority on politics and current events. OU has brought some exciting speakers in the past, giarize, not someone who made a one-time mistake he quickly apologized for. including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Students should hope Zakaria doesn’t plagiaRuth Simmons, president of Brown University. rize himself. His Duke and Harvard speeches These speakers certainly were interesting and distinguished, but Zakaria is particularly qualified were identical, according to the Boston Globe. We hope Zakaria doesn’t repeat himself at OU to give the address. Zakaria not only hosts his own and instead offers students an original and enshow on CNN, he also won a 2012 Peabody award for broadcasting and is the author of two best-sell- gaging speech. ing books on American and international relations. Zakaria’s minor incident of plagiarism is nothing to deter you from going to the event. The plagiarism Comment on this on OUDaily.com
Editor’s note: Douglas McKnight is a former Daily columnist.
Friday, I received some troubling news from a professor. He told me Fareed Zakaria is our graduation speaker. I assumed he was lying. I quickly checked OU’s official Academic Integrity webpage to see what the university’s stance on integrity and plagiarism was, because Zakaria got caught plagiarizing in an article for Time Magazine just last year. “OU works to build a reputation that students, faculty and staff, the administration and alumni can be proud of. It is the value of the OU degree that provides OU students the best internships, jobs and graduate school opportunities. It takes only a minute to destroy a reputation of integrity. Students must understand the importance of integrity both personally and professionally,” according to OU’s website. Now, I have also been fortunate enough to sit in on about seven plagiarism seminars this year, and I know plagiarism is the quickest way to destroy an institutions academic credibility. But what, exactly, is plagiarism? Well, let me refer back to the University’s own webpage: “Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct in which you represent someone else’s words or ideas as your own.” Interesting, I thought. What if I, a simple 22 year old senior in the history department, got caught plagiarizing at this institution known for its remarkable academic standards? I would fail my class, get suspended, and possibly not graduate with a degree that I have spent thousands of dollars on. But what happens if Zakaria does the same thing, just in a nationally renown current affairs magazine instead of a four page essay over women in the American revolution? Oh. He gets paid to come speak to graduates about integrity and professionalism. Its not what you do, but its who you are when you do it. Douglas McKnight is a history and German senior.
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t is only a matter of his projects might take on a OPINION COLUMNIST time before the elecmore masculine position. tion of our nation’s Maybe a campaign for leathfirst female president, and er jackets to protect motorcywhile I look forward to a clists, or maybe he will raise female president, I already cows on the White House know how the process will lawn instead of vegetables. play out. Our first female While Michelle Obama president will prove the job promotes fitness and healthy Storm Dowd-Lukesh is the same in the hands of lifestyles, I imagine a first storm.dowdlukesh@gmail.com a woman as it is in those of gentleman funding barbecue a man. What I am more infor underprivileged schools. terested in, however, is who the first female Where Nancy Reagan spent her time telling president will share the White House with. school kids to “just say no,” I envision him Our nation’s first first gentleman will have gifting his own home brew to visitors. the unique opportunity to express gender The first lady is our Queen of England, the discrepancies in command of the strange political figure with familial claim to her poposition of “commander in chief’s spouse.” sition and limited actual power. But rather First ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt to Nancy than regress in policy duties as the royal famReagan have taken advantage of their politily in England has done, the first lady seems ical power and sponsored small social proj- to exert more influence with each election ects of their own choosing. cycle. By the time a woman wins the presiOur first gentleman will have the oppordency, who knows what power her husband tunity to promote similar projects. However, will have.
I am not a true supporter of first lady “projects.” They seem to be a way to keep the president’s spouse busy while he works, but nevertheless, I can look forward to what is sure to be our most significant change of office in decades. An African American president leads just as every head of state before him. In every level of U.S. government, political offices are so well defined — no matter the individual in office — that procedural standards remain the same. But the position of the first lady is a job undefined by standards of the past — a job ripe for exciting new political definition. I’m waiting for the first gentleman to decorate the White House with pictures of muscle cars and attend the Super Bowl. And if you find politics overly systematized, boring or bogged down in tradition, you should probably look forward to him too. Storm Dowd-Lukesh is a university college freshman.
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PLAYER PROFILE Keilani Ricketts Year: Senior
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Deep balls flew out of Marita Hynes Field all weekend for the Sooners, as the No. 1 OU softball team breezed through its competition, winning four games in two days. A pair of double-headers on Friday and Saturday pitted Oklahoma (22-1) against Northern Colorado and Drake. Those four contests all ended in run-rule blowout victories for the topranked Sooners. Oklahoma blanked Northern Colorado — 14-0, 10-0 — and knocked off Drake – 10-2, 13-0. The weekend margin of victory totaled 47-2, and coach Patty Gasso was pleased with her team’s play. “I really liked what we did,” she said. “It was the old Sooners that came back and came alive.” Power hitting was the key to OU’s success over the weekend. Oklahoma’s lineup launched a combined 14 home runs on Friday and Saturday. All-American senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts was just as notable for her bat over the four-game stretch. Ricketts hit a pair of home runs and drove in six in Saturday’s first matchup. “We had to adjust to their pitching,” Ricketts said. “I was just trying to stay late
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Senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts (left) and senior outfielder Brianna Turang (center) signal to the runner at third base to hold up immediately following Turang crossing the plate on a Jessica Schultz RBI in the third inning against Nebraska on March 2. OU won, 10-3.
and go opposite field.” S ophomore infielder Lauren Chamberlain, who leads the Big 12 in home runs, blasted a homer in each of the four weekend contests. Chamberlain attributed her success to her patience in working the count. “Going after good pitches, getting deep in a lot of counts, and just making sure I’m swinging at good pitches,” Chamberlain said. Though only in the beginning of her sophomore season, Chamberlain has 43
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Sophomore infielder Shelby Pendley’s batting average in her last nine games. Sophomore infielder Lauren Chamberlain’s career home run total.
mark. Another Sooner sophomore impressed her coach over the weekend
— infielder Shelby Pendley Pendley notched a pair of multi home run games. In her last nine outings, the Arizona transfer is hitting .789. The multiple pitchers Gasso used in the circle over the weekend perplexed opposing lineups. Ricketts improved to 10-0 on the season while fellow senior pitcher Michelle Gascoigne earned her ninth victory. Sophomore Georgia Casey, regularly used at second base, earned the start in
the first game. Casey did not allow a run as she gained her first career win. Freshman pitcher Leslie Miller also came on for a little more than an inning of work, striking out three batters. Gasso had worried that her team was “pressing” too much in the previous weekend, but it was not the case this time around. The Sooners were loose and came out with the energy their coach craves. The players echoed these thoughts. “It’s important to have these weekends at home with our fans,” Chamberlain said. “And like coach said, to have a good time in the dugout.” The Sooners will make their last West Coast trip beginning Friday in Fullerton, Calif. at the Judi Garman C l a s s i c. O k l a h o ma ha s thrived in the golden state with a record of 10-0. Joe Mussatto jmussatto@ou.edu
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OU maintains unbeaten record in last two home meets Sooners dominate on Senior Day CECILY TAWNEY Sports Reporter
T h e No. 2 O k l a h o m a women’s gymnastics team hosted its final two home meets of the season at Lloyd Noble Center this weekend, defeating No. 16 Arizona on Friday and North Carolina a n d No. 9 S t a n f o rd o n Sunday. After recording the third highest score in team history Friday, the Sooners (19-0) honored three seniors – Brie Olson, Kayla Nowak, and Lauren Smith – for Senior Day on Sunday. “It was so surreal,” Olson said. “We are a really close senior group. It makes it even harder since we are great friends. We just want the best for each other, so I think that was part of the emotions that were coming out, especially for me just knowing that it’s gone by so fast.” Oklahoma swept all four team event titles in both meets and has now recorded an impressive ninestraight meets of a 197 or better team score. On Friday, junior Taylor Spears claimed the allaround title and tied for first on both beam and floor to contribute to a sweep of individual event titles for the Sooners. “Every meet has been so
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different and presents new challenges all the time,” said OU head coach K.J. Kindler. “I think we pulled ourselves out of what we did last week, which was kind of subpar for us.” With a quick turnaround t o S u n d a y ’s m e e t , t h e
Sooners dealt with a lineup change due to freshman Keeley Kmieciak being forced to sit out with an illness. “We had a lot of things that we had to address because we had an illness with one of our athletes,” Kindler said. “We placed some people in that have experience. They know that sometimes they’ll need to step in and as an alternate, that’s where you need to be mentally.” Despite the change in lineup, OU was still able to again claim all four individual event titles with scores of 9.925 or better. Olson earned a 9.975 bar score, which was the highest score of the day and a career-best for the senior. The Sooners move on to ASTRUD REED/THE DAILY their final meet of the regFreshman Keeley Kmieciak traverses between bars in her 9.9 routine that won first place in the ular season against No. 5 Sooners’ home opener against Denver on Jan. 18. OU won 197.325-195.850. Alabama in Tuscaloosa at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up their sixth-straight win Sunday against the Boston Celtics despite scoring its lowest point total in its last 27 games. Kevin Durant scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Russell Westbrook chipped in with 15 points in a game that was smooth sailing throughout. During its current winning streak, Oklahoma City has beaten the Clippers, Lakers, Knicks and now Celtics, with its toughest test to come today. The Thunder next head to San Antonio where it will face off against the San Antonio Spurs — who are the top team in the Western Conference, leading the Thunder by one game. San Antonio will be shorthanded for its matchup today, with All-Star point guard Tony Parker sidelined with sprained left ankle. Parker, who was playing at the highest level of his NBA career before the injury, is expected to be sidelined for the next three weeks as Tim Duncan and company hope to weather the storm and keep their top spot in the Western Conference intact. The Spurs, who won their first two games without Parker, are coming off of a 30-point blowout loss at home against the Portland Trail Blazers. Point guard Patty Mills and second-year guard Cory Joseph have played well in Parker’s absence, but the Spurs are definitely an inferior team without Parker on the floor. Unlike San Antonio, the Thunder have stayed healthy this season with Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka missing only two games between them, while Parker, Duncan and Manu Ginobili have missed 30 games combined. Many assume the Spurs and Thunder will meet again in the Western Conference Finals for the second year. Last season, Oklahoma City won in six games after dropping the first two games of the series. The Thunder became the third team in NBA history to win four straight games after trailing 2-0 in the conference finals. Despite not having Parker for today night’s matchup, expect Spurs’ head coach Gregg Popovich to have his team motivated and ready to play. Zach Story, zacharycstory@yahoo.com
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he 2013 Oscars marked the end of another great year in film. Laughs and tears were had, and lots of popcorn was consumed in 2012, but there is a host of movies to watch out for this spring. Like most years, 2013’s movies worth seeing really don’t start to come out until March, which means we finally have the opportunity to see some decent flicks in theaters. A few caught my eye, including “Olympus Has Fallen,” “The Company You Keep” and “Iron Man 3.” No, I didn’t forget about “Oz The Great and Powerful,” I just want to focus on three other movies coming out this spring, because advertisements for “Oz” have been out in theaters and online for many months now; it’s time to let some other movies have the spotlight. “Olympus Has Fallen” definitely is another Hollywood blockbuster action movie, and knowing this is important because if you go to see a movie with high expectations, of course, you usually are let down. But I am confident “Olympus Has Fallen” will not disappoint even the most die-hard action fans.
Starring: Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Julie Christie and Sam Elliott Rated: R Run time: 125 minutes Release date: April 5
Just watching the trailer for “Olympus Has Fallen” excites me. The movie takes place in present time or in the not-too-distant future, and is set in D.C. The movie follows an ex-presidential guard on his journey of killing “bad guys” and saving the president . A slew of Hollywood regulars star in “Olympus Has Fallen,” including Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman, giving “Olympus Has Fallen” the potential to be one of the big box office hits this spring. Another good looking movie is “The Company You Keep,” starring Robert Redford (Jim Grant), Shia LaBeouf (Ben Shepard),
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“Olympus Has Fallen,” starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman, opens March 22 and is rated R for strong violence and language.
Anna Kendrick (Diana) and Terrence Howard (Cornelius). “The Company You Keep” tells the thrilling story of Jim Grant and his journey to try to clear his name of a robbery he supposedly committed 30 years ago with his accomplice Mimi Lurie. All the while, a witty investigative journalist, Ben Shepard, is on a mission to find out what really happened all those years ago. Because I didn’t even know this movie was being made, I think it will shock not only me, but moviegoers everywhere. It definitely seems interesting enough to see when it hits select theaters in April. “Iron Man 3” comes out in theaters early May and looks to be the most dramatic of the trilogy. Tony Stark,
played by Robert Downey Jr., is back at it again, and this time, he faces his most dangerous foe yet: the Mandarin, played by Ben Kingsley. I am excited to see how the third installment of “Iron Man” plays out, because from the looks of the trailer, it seems much darker and has a deeper meaning than the other two films. There is a little something out there for everyone this spring. My pick goes to “The Company You Keep” or “Olympus Has Fallen” because they seem to have more originality than a typical Hollywood action hero movie like “Iron Man 3.” Brent Stenstrom is a film and media studies junior.
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press science writer
At a glance ‘Iron Man 3’
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce Rated: Not yet rated Run time: 109 minutes
campus arts
Art show to feature work by non-majors An art show will feature work created by non-majors of all concentrations starting at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the School of Art & Art History’s Lightwell Gallery, located on the second floor. This art show is an opportunity for non-major students to showcase their work, photography professor Todd Stewart said. Viewers are able to see work students have created in the context of courses taken in the school, Stewart said. “Showing support for them would be wonderful,” Stewart said. There are a lot of people in the university outside of the art school who have talent and don’t have the opportunity to be seen, photography professor Ronald Jackson said. “It gives a chance for both majors, non-majors and outsiders to get an idea as far as talent in terms of linear and non-linear artists,” Jackson said. ”I’ve used art throughout my business career as well, and I think there are ways that most people don’t think about using art.” The exhibit is free and open to the public and will be held through Friday. Jessica Murphy Life & Arts Reporter
Release date: May 3
Deke Arndt,
NOAA Climate Monitoring Branch chief
Baxter Vieux,
Presidential Professor Joseph A. Brandt Professor, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering and Environmental Science.
Gaylord College is hosting a panel as part of its centennial celebration. These three guests will discuss water issues facing Oklahoma and the nation, how those issues impact citizens and how journalists can best report those stories.
Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m Ethics & Excellence in Journalism
Foundation Auditorium, Gaylord Hall, Room 1140.
You are welcome to attend. It will also be streamed online at
http://www.ou.edu/content/gaylord/centennial/water.html
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